upset
upset 英 [ʌpˈset] 美 [ʌpˈsɛt]
vt. 使烦恼；打乱，打翻 adj. 心烦的 n. 困扰，麻烦
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- To be upset is to be disturbed or very unhappy. You can be upset, and you can also upset someone — but you probably didn’t mean to.
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- vt. 使烦恼；打乱，打翻
- adj. 心烦的
- n. 困扰，麻烦
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1. This decision is likely to upset a lot of people.
这项决定很可能会使许多人悻然不快。
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2. It upset him that nobody had bothered to tell him about it.
让他不高兴的是，谁也没把这件事告诉他。
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3. He arrived an hour late and upset all our arrangements.
他迟到了一个小时，把我们的一切安排都打乱了。
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4. She stood up suddenly, upsetting a glass of wine.
她蓦然起身，碰倒了一杯酒。
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5. There's no point getting upset about it.
犯不着为此事难过。
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6. The company has survived the recent upset in share prices.
这家公司撑过了最近股价的动荡。
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7. It had been the cause of much emotional upset.
那便是使人情绪一落千丈的原因。
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8. a stomach upset
拉肚子
- upset (adj.) early 14c., "erected," past-participle adjective from upset (v.). From 1805 as "distressed."
- upset (n.) early 15c., "insurrection," from upset (v.). Meaning "overturning of a vehicle or boat" is recorded from 1804.
- upset (v.) mid-15c., "to set up, fix," from up (adv.) + set (v.). Similar formation in Middle Dutch opsetten "set up, propose," German aufsetzen. Modern sense of "overturn, capsize" (1803) is that of obsolete overset. In reference to the stomach, from 1834. Meaning "to throw into mental discomposure" is from 1805. Related: Upsetting.
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